Acts and Regulations
2013-66 - Reliability Standards
Section 6
Disposition versions
6For the purposes of the definition “prescribed functions” in section 118 of the Act and for the purposes of subsections 120(1), 121(1) and 150(1) of the Act, the following functions are prescribed:
Prescribed Function | Functional Entity | Description of Prescribed Function |
Balancing | Balancing Authority | The responsible entity that integrates resource plans ahead of time, maintains load-interchange-generation balance within a balancing area and supports interconnection frequency in real time. |
Distribution | Distribution Provider | An entity that provides and operates the wires between the transmission system and the end-use customer and For end-use customers who are served at transmission voltages, the entity that operates the wires between the transmission system and the customer. |
Generator Operations | Generator Operator | An entity that operates one or more generating units and performs the functions of supplying energy and services that support the reliable operation of the interconnected bulk power system and |
Generator Ownership | Generator Owner | An entity that owns and maintains one or more generating units and (c) owns a generating facility that is material to and designated as part of a Transmission Operator’s restoration plan, or |
Interchange | Interchange Authority | The responsible entity that authorizes implementation of valid and balanced interchange schedules between balancing authority areas and ensures communication of interchange information for reliability assessment purposes. |
Load Serving | Load Serving Entity | An entity that secures energy and transmission service to serve the electrical demand and energy requirements of its end-use customers and |
Planning Reliability | Planning Authority | The responsible entity that coordinates and integrates transmission facility and service plans, resource plans, and protection systems. |
Purchasing Selling | Purchasing Selling Entity | An entity that purchases or sells, and takes title to, energy, capacity and reliability related services. |
Operating Reliability | Reliability Coordinator | The entity that is the highest level of authority that is responsible for the reliable operation of the bulk power system, has the wide area view of neighbouring bulk power systems, and has the operating tools, processes and procedures, including the authority, to prevent or mitigate emergency operating situations in both next-day analysis and real-time operations. The Reliability Coordinator has the purview that is broad enough to enable the calculation of interconnection reliability operating limits, which may be based on the operating parameters of transmission systems beyond any Transmission Operator’s vision. |
Reserve Sharing | Reserve Sharing Group | A group whose members consist of two or more Balancing Authorities that collectively maintain, allocate, and supply operating reserves required for each Balancing Authority’s use in recovering from contingencies within the group. Scheduling energy from an adjacent Balancing Authority to aid recovery need not constitute reserve sharing provided the transaction is ramped in over a period in which the supplying entity could reasonably be expected to load generation (e.g., ten minutes). If the transaction is ramped in quicker (e.g., between zero and ten minutes) then, for the purposes of disturbance control performance, the areas become a Reserve Sharing Group. |
Resource Planning | Resource Planner | An entity that develops a long-term (generally one year and beyond) plan for the resource adequacy of specific loads (customer demand and energy requirements) within a planning authority area. |
Transmission Operations | Transmission Operator | The entity responsible for the reliability of its local transmission system, that operates or directs the operations of the transmission facilities and that operates a transmission element of the bulk power system. |
Transmission Ownership | Transmission Owner | An entity that owns and maintains transmission facilities and that owns a transmission element of the bulk power system. |
Transmission Planning | Transmission Planner | The entity that develops a long-term (generally one year and beyond) plan for the reliability (adequacy) of the interconnected bulk power system within its portion of the planning authority area. |
Transmission Service | Transmission Service Provider | The entity that administers the approved transmission tariff and provides transmission service to transmission customers under applicable transmission service agreements. |
6For the purposes of the definition “prescribed functions” in section 118 of the Act and for the purposes of subsections 120(1), 121(1) and 150(1) of the Act, the following functions are prescribed:
Prescribed Function | Functional Entity | Description of Prescribed Function |
Balancing | Balancing Authority | The responsible entity that integrates resource plans ahead of time, maintains load-interchange-generation balance within a balancing area and supports interconnection frequency in real time. |
Distribution | Distribution Provider | An entity that provides and operates the wires between the transmission system and the end-use customer and For end-use customers who are served at transmission voltages, the entity that operates the wires between the transmission system and the customer. |
Generator Operations | Generator Operator | An entity that operates one or more generating units and performs the functions of supplying energy and services that support the reliable operation of the interconnected bulk power system and |
Generator Ownership | Generator Owner | An entity that owns and maintains one or more generating units and (c) owns a generating facility that is material to and designated as part of a Transmission Operator’s restoration plan, or |
Interchange | Interchange Authority | The responsible entity that authorizes implementation of valid and balanced interchange schedules between balancing authority areas and ensures communication of interchange information for reliability assessment purposes. |
Load Serving | Load Serving Entity | An entity that secures energy and transmission service to serve the electrical demand and energy requirements of its end-use customers and |
Planning Reliability | Planning Authority | The responsible entity that coordinates and integrates transmission facility and service plans, resource plans, and protection systems. |
Purchasing Selling | Purchasing Selling Entity | An entity that purchases or sells, and takes title to, energy, capacity and reliability related services. |
Operating Reliability | Reliability Coordinator | The entity that is the highest level of authority that is responsible for the reliable operation of the bulk power system, has the wide area view of neighbouring bulk power systems, and has the operating tools, processes and procedures, including the authority, to prevent or mitigate emergency operating situations in both next-day analysis and real-time operations. The Reliability Coordinator has the purview that is broad enough to enable the calculation of interconnection reliability operating limits, which may be based on the operating parameters of transmission systems beyond any Transmission Operator’s vision. |
Reserve Sharing | Reserve Sharing Group | A group whose members consist of two or more Balancing Authorities that collectively maintain, allocate, and supply operating reserves required for each Balancing Authority’s use in recovering from contingencies within the group. Scheduling energy from an adjacent Balancing Authority to aid recovery need not constitute reserve sharing provided the transaction is ramped in over a period in which the supplying entity could reasonably be expected to load generation (e.g., ten minutes). If the transaction is ramped in quicker (e.g., between zero and ten minutes) then, for the purposes of disturbance control performance, the areas become a Reserve Sharing Group. |
Resource Planning | Resource Planner | An entity that develops a long-term (generally one year and beyond) plan for the resource adequacy of specific loads (customer demand and energy requirements) within a planning authority area. |
Transmission Operations | Transmission Operator | The entity responsible for the reliability of its local transmission system, that operates or directs the operations of the transmission facilities and that operates a transmission element of the bulk power system. |
Transmission Ownership | Transmission Owner | An entity that owns and maintains transmission facilities and that owns a transmission element of the bulk power system. |
Transmission Planning | Transmission Planner | The entity that develops a long-term (generally one year and beyond) plan for the reliability (adequacy) of the interconnected bulk power system within its portion of the planning authority area. |
Transmission Service | Transmission Service Provider | The entity that administers the approved transmission tariff and provides transmission service to transmission customers under applicable transmission service agreements. |